That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 144
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Head Sportswear has built up its own sportswear team, based...
Head Sportswear has built up its own sportswear team, based in London, to focus more sharply on this product group. Head's license agreement for sportswear in Europe expired in 2010, prompting the group to launch its own tennis and skiwear ranges for Europe the next year. Sales of Head sportswear ...
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Roeckl, the German glovemaker, has expanded its executive board. In...
Roeckl, the German glovemaker, has expanded its executive board. In addition to Annette Roeckl, chief executive and owner, Bernd Gemmer has been appointed joint managing director in charge of purchasing and sales. He will also act as sales director after Michael Schreiber left the company at the end of last ...
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Karhu-branded cross-country skis and boots are to return to the...
Karhu-branded cross-country skis and boots are to return to the North American market in the second half of this year. For this purpose, Karhu has hired Geoff Hurwitch, formerly at Rossignol, as Karhu Nordic product manager in North America. This comes a few months after Karhu Holding, the firm that holds ...
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We hear that Dierk Feyerabend has departed from the helm...
We hear that Dierk Feyerabend has departed from the helm of Polar's German subsidiary. The 55-year-old served the company for 22 years. In fact, as managing director since 1991, he built up the first subsidiary of the marketer of sports electronics outside Finland. It could even be said that Feyerabend introduced a ...
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Salewa has set up a joint venture with Inspiration Outdoor...
Salewa has set up a joint venture with Inspiration Outdoor Trading, which has been the Italian outdoor brand's distributor and licensee for China for more than a year. Salewa is investing 40 million yuan renminbi (€4.8m-€6.4m) in the company, in which it holds a stake of 60 percent. The two partners have ...
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John Quinn will be the new national sales manager for...
John Quinn will be the new national sales manager for the U.S. bike division of Scott Sports, effective Feb. 11, coming from Specialized, where he was in sales management
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Johanna Rastner has joined the office of K2 Sports Europe...
Johanna Rastner has joined the office of K2 Sports Europe near Munich to act as sales and product manager for the brand's new line of sports clothing, which is due to be relaunched on the market in 2014. She will work closely with the product team in Seattle. Rastner worked ...
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Jason Steris, the 42-year-old former president of Volcom, has become...
Jason Steris, the 42-year-old former president of Volcom, has become chief executive of the company, which is owned by PPR like Puma. He takes the place of Richard Woolcott, the 47-year-old co-founder of Volcom, who is moving into a newly created role as executive chairman. Woolcott acted as president and ...
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Andy Köhler, the chief of the Adidas Group's sourcing operations...
Andy Köhler, the chief of the Adidas Group's sourcing operations in Hong Kong, is to join Puma as chief operating officer, according to a report in Germany's Manager magazine at the end of last year. Puma declined to comment but Adidas confirmed that Köhler had left the company. Almost the ...
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Victorinox has appointed an artistic director for its clothing line....
Victorinox has appointed an artistic director for its clothing line. Christopher Raeburn, 30, has earned the title on a consultancy basis after designing two capsule collections for the Swiss company in the recent past. The London-based designer will continue to work on his own brand.
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Arnold Sports is the new German distributor of Roxa, the...
Arnold Sports is the new German distributor of Roxa, the low-priced Italian brand of ice skates and ski boots, which will thus make its appearance at the next Ispo Munich show. The company also sells Rottefella's cross-country ski bindings, Movement's skis and 8848 Altitude's clothing.
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Johnson Outdoors continues to beef up the management of its...
Johnson Outdoors continues to beef up the management of its watercraft segment by hiring David Hadden as brand director, responsible for all its product lines including Necky and Ocean kayaks, Old Town canoes and kayaks, and Carlisle paddles. He previously worked at three other kayak companies ? Freedom Hawk, Emotion ...
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Tierra, the Swedish brand of outdoor clothing, will be distributed...
Tierra, the Swedish brand of outdoor clothing, will be distributed in the U.K. by Rosker starting in the autumn. Tierra, which is owned by the Fenix Outdoor Group, is making its first foray into Western Europe with the move. Rosker was acquired by Fenix in 2009, joining many other ...
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Wu Rongzhao, chief executive of China Hongxing Sports, which makes...
Wu Rongzhao, chief executive of China Hongxing Sports, which makes the Erke brand of sports apparel and footwear, is reportedly leaving the company despite a sharp increase in sales. In fact, the company announced in July that Rongzhao would step down as soon as a new chief executive was found. ...
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Sportsnwear, the German distribution company of Lars Kutter, former managing...
Sportsnwear, the German distribution company of Lars Kutter, former managing director of Schmidt Sports, has become the new general agent for Röhnisch' fitness and yoga clothing in Germany and Luxembourg. As previously reported, Green Grass Golf has agreed to distribute the Swedish company's golfwear in the region.
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Völkl's French subsidiary is taking over the distribution of Dalbello...
Völkl's French subsidiary is taking over the distribution of Dalbello ski boots in France from Sunset
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Prince Global Sports, which owns the Prince, Ektelon and Viking...
Prince Global Sports, which owns the Prince, Ektelon and Viking brands, has reinforced its team for Latin America to explore more opportunities in this region in the coming years. The racquet sports company has hired a business development manager for the Prince brand in Latin America, Miguel Rosa, who spent ...
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Effective Jan. 1, Clifton Pemble will be promoted president and...
Effective Jan. 1, Clifton Pemble will be promoted president and chief executive of Garmin. In this role he replaces Min Kao, one of the founders of the American GPS company, who will remain with the group as chairman of the supervisory board. Pemble joined Garmin as an engineer shortly after ...
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Starting with autumn/winter 2013-14, ZeroRH+ and RH+, the Italian brands...
Starting with autumn/winter 2013-14, ZeroRH+ and RH+, the Italian brands of helmets, goggles and apparel for snow sports and cycling, are taking their snow sports range to new markets such the Benelux countries, Canada, France, Japan, Austria, Russia, Switzerland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, the Czech Republic and the U.S. For ...
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Green Fitness, German distributor of Reebok Fitness equipment since 2006,...
Green Fitness, German distributor of Reebok Fitness equipment since 2006, will halt the distribution of the line, licensed to RFE International of the U.K., by April 2013. Simultaneously, it will also stop selling Adidas fitness equipment, but it will continue to be in charge of three-striped table tennis gear in the ...
